# Chinese Grammar for HSK: Structures & Examples · Page 4 | HSKReady Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/4 Language: en Content ID: grammar-index-page-4 Scope: published website educational content; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app. Page 4 · Explore all 593 grammar points in the HSK Official Examination Outline by level and category, with available lessons, examples and explanations. # Grammar Follow the HSK Official Examination Outline, with explanations and Chinese examples. ## Explore the outline by HSK level All 593 outline points · choose a level to see its categories and available lessons. [**HSK 1**70 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1)[**HSK 2**78 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2)[**HSK 3**96 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3)[**HSK 4**95 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-4)[**HSK 5**70 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5)[**HSK 6**50 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-6)[**HSK 7–9**134 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-7-9) Level HSK 1 / HSK 2 / HSK 3 / HSK 4 / HSK 5 / HSK 6 / HSK 7–9 Outline category All categories / Morphemes / Word classes / Phrases / Fixed patterns / Sentence components / Sentence types / Aspect / Special expressions / Discourse ## Grammar 37–48 / 593 HSK 1 Special expressions › Time expressions ## [Talking About Years, Dates, and Weekdays in Chinese](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-time-expressions-g069) Learn to state a year, month, date, or weekday in Chinese, and put these calendar expressions in a natural order. This lesson focuses on years, months, days, and weekdays; telling the time of day is a separate topic. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-time-expressions-g069) HSK 1 Special expressions › Time expressions ## [Telling the Time in Chinese: Clock Hours and Minutes](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-time-expressions-g070) Learn the basic patterns for asking and telling clock time in Chinese: name the hour with 点, add minutes with 分, and use 半 for half past. See how the wording fits everyday questions, schedules, and appointments. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-time-expressions-g070) HSK 1 Word classes › Interjections ## [HSK 1 Interjection 喂 (wéi / wèi): Phone Greetings and Calling for Attention](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-interjections-f263d6a05d) In Chinese, the interjection 喂 is used primarily to answer or initiate a telephone call, and secondarily to call out for someone's attention from a distance or in informal situations. It stands at the very beginning of an utterance and chan… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-interjections-f263d6a05d) HSK 1 Word classes › Measure words › Nominal measure words ## [Using 杯 (bēi) as a Borrowed Nominal Measure Word for Drinks](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-measure-words-5884fc906d) In Chinese, uncountable liquids such as water, tea, and milk are quantified using container words. At HSK 1 in the supplied outline, 杯 (bēi) is introduced as a borrowed nominal measure word meaning a cup or glass of something. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-measure-words-5884fc906d) HSK 1 Word classes › Measure words › Nominal measure words ## [HSK 1 Dedicated Nominal Measure Words: 本, 个, 家, 口, 块, 件, 只, 元](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-measure-words-5f8f25a7f3) In Mandarin Chinese, numerals and demonstratives cannot directly modify a noun on their own. Instead, a nominal measure word (名量词) must sit between them. This lesson covers the eight dedicated nominal measure words listed in the HSK 1 gramm… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-measure-words-5f8f25a7f3) HSK 1 Word classes › Measure words › Time measure words ## [HSK 1 Temporal Measure Words: 日, 号, 岁, 点, 分, 年, and 天](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-measure-words-cda41ac7a3) In Mandarin, words for days, years, age, and clock units act directly as temporal measure words (时量词). They combine straight with numbers without needing a general classifier like 个 in between. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-measure-words-cda41ac7a3) HSK 1 Word classes › Nouns › Locality nouns ## [HSK 1 Nouns of Locality: 上, 下, 里, 外, 前, and 后](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-nouns-cc3ba329b7) In Chinese, basic words for position such as 上 (on/above), 下 (under/below), 里 (inside), 外 (outside), 前 (in front/before), and 后 (behind/after) are classified as nouns of locality (方位名词). Unlike English prepositions, they are placed after th… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-nouns-cc3ba329b7) HSK 1 Word classes › Numerals ## [HSK 1 Numerals (数词): From Basic Digits to Hundreds, Thousands, and Half](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-numerals-d96341edc3) This lesson explains the foundational Chinese numerals listed in Level 1 of the supplied HSK grammar outline: the digits zero through nine (零, 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九), the quantity word 两, the multipliers ten, hundred, and thousand (十, 百… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-numerals-d96341edc3) HSK 1 Sentence components › Object ## [Objects in Chinese: Using Nouns, Pronouns, and Noun Phrases](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-objects-1c171cafbf) In Mandarin Chinese, the object of a basic action or state verb typically follows the verb directly. At the beginner level, this sentence slot is most commonly filled by a single noun, a pronoun, or an expanded noun phrase. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-objects-1c171cafbf) HSK 1 Word classes › Particles › Modal particles ## [HSK 1 Modal Particles: 吧, 了, 吗, and the Three Uses of 呢](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-particles-19daec45c8) Sentence-final modal particles (语气助词) sit at the very end of a Mandarin clause or noun phrase to express speaker mood, question type, suggestion, or a new situation. In the Level 1 syllabus outline, learners encounter six core entries: 吧1, … [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-particles-19daec45c8) HSK 1 Word classes › Particles › Structural particles ## [Using the Structural Particle 的 (de) for Possession and Modification in HSK 1](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-particles-62f3c1f0e7) The structural particle 的 (de) connects a modifier or possessor to a following head noun. It is the primary tool at the beginner level for expressing possession and describing nouns. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-particles-62f3c1f0e7) HSK 1 Word classes › Particles › Aspect particles ## [HSK 1 Aspect Particle 了1: Actions Viewed as Realized Events](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-particles-9787ed3140) 了1 normally follows the verb to present an action as a realized, bounded event. It does not itself mark past tense or guarantee that an intended task was finished. In ordinary negation with 没, omit this aspect particle. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-particles-9787ed3140) ### No matching results Try another keyword or clear the filters. [‹ Previous](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/3) [1](https://hskready.app/en/grammar)[3](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/3)[4](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/4)[5](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/5)[50](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/50) [Next ›](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/5)